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CHRISTOPHER GUTIERREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – July 20, 1970
Service recordChristopher Gutierrez, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 35
- SAMUEL T CARROLL JRSergeant · July 20, 1970
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · July 20, 1970
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · July 20, 1970
- HAROLD ANTHONY HOLMESCorporal · July 20, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.